“The one to the right”, I responded. My wife was asking me which curtains I would prefer to buy for our living room. I must admit it, I did not have […]

“Noise” The word gives associations, like bad or loud music, or perhaps the sound of rush hour traffic.  Whatever you think of when you hear the word, it is likely […]

I was recently introduced to the thoughts of the science philosopher and scientist Michael Polanyi by Dr. Helge Brovold. As I was reading Polanyi’s book “The tacit dimension” (1966), which I borrowed from […]

Are you good at multitasking? Some self-confident people may believe they are skilled multi-taskers. It is also a common saying that women are better at multi-tasking than men. They are […]

Scientist have always been curious to why we feel tired and must sleep after a long day. New theories in neuroscience may explain why, and interesting enough, what happens during […]

  I grew up in the small city of Molde on the west-coast of Norway, and in my parents’ house there were many books, because my father is a literary […]